Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-11-11
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES.
-The Court House in Indians. Pa

The Court House IN lndiana, Ia.
mus. he in fearful condition. as the
papers there are recommending ail
sorts of changes, and among them
that "the obscene writings should be
effaced from the walls"
The residence of George Camp
bell, TWO miles south of Grove City
was destroyed by Ere last Wednesday
evening. Mr. and Mrs. G. were away
from home at the time, and the neigh
bors gathered and saved the goods in
the lower story. The building was
insured.
Some bear stories are coming
from the Mountain Counties a 500
pouad belr was killed. one day last
week, about two south Of Bellefonte,
Centre Co., by two farmer brothers
named Genizsil. after hard fight and
the people of Miieshurg in the same
Co. were astonisned to see q bear
leasurely walking down its Main St i,
on Saturday.
Some horses lately stolen in Mer.
Ger Co were recovered near Randolf,
y. Y. between jamestown and Sala-
manca
Matthew Rogers, of Sugercreek
township, Armstrong Co., young
man about p years old, committed
suicide last Monday a week while re-
turning to his home at East Brady.
He was found in the woods near bis
home on Tuesday with a bullet hole
in his head A little over two years
ago he went to Kansas and bought
farm. After Few months he show
ed signs of mental weakness, and his
friends persuaded him to Sell out aud
go back to Armstrong county. He
did this three months ago. After he
returned his condition began to grow
worse.
-Blairsville has organized base
boil ASSOCIATION for the season of / 98S.
Some forty Members are alreadp se-
cured aud some of the most enterpris-
ing men 10 the town are among its
officers.
An ingenious gentleman who
has no fondness for hard work is trav.
cling through Fulton county selling
valuable preparation" warranted to
polish tinwsre. 1t is simply wood
ashes which he begs at the farm hous.
es along bis route. All he does is to
slit it aud put it in tin boxes.
Bedford Gazette: Last winter
diphtheria attacked Il family in Non
roe township. The heavier covers
used on the patients bed were not
washed or fumlgated after the dis
appearance CT the disease. In the
spring these covers were packed
away. and few wee ks ago were TAX
en- out and put on the beds. There
are now Ghree cases of diphtheris in
that family and no other cases in the
neighborhood. And yet some people
will say that diphtheria is not conta.
gious
Judge Taylor created sensation
in the Vcnaugo Co. Courtroom last
week, by announcing that be had
been approached" in the Keystone
Refining Go case
MIR. James F. Falls, prominent
farmer of Lawrence Co committed
suicide by shooting himself last Mon.
day, while suffering from dyspepsia
and asthma
1t has been learned that Maj.
Robinson, of New Castle, Singer
sewing machine agent, who has skip.
ped cut with ssveral hundred dollars
Of the company's money. on last Wed.
nesday took passage, on steamer at
New York for Liverpool, England.
He left wife and three children here
almost destitute.
The residence B. NJ. Montgom-
cry iu Pine Twp Mercer Co. was de-
stroyed by fire last Monday, and JAS
Crawford's house and barn in the ad-
joining Twp of FindIay were burned
Monday night
The ministers of Beaver are
waging q war on dancing.